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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:50:05 +0000
From: paul at benjamins.com
Subject: The Linguistics of Sitting, Standing and Lying
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:50:05 +0000
From: paul at benjamins.com
Subject: The Linguistics of Sitting, Standing and Lying
Title: The Linguistics of Sitting, Standing and Lying
Series Title: Typological Studies in Language
Publication Year: 2002
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: John Newman
Hardback: ISBN: 9027229570, Pages: xii, 409 pp., Price: EUR 120.00
Hardback: ISBN: 1588112047, Pages: xii, 409 pp., Price: USD 108.00
Abstract:
This volume explores properties of "sit", "stand", and "lie" verbs,
reflecting three of the most salient postures associated with
humans. An introductory chapter by the Editor provides an overview of
directions for research into posture verbs. These directions are then
explored in detail in a number of languages: Dutch; Korean; Japanese;
Lao; Chantyal, Magar (Tibeto-Burman); Chipewyan (Athapaskan); Trumai
(spoken in Brazil); Kxoe (Khoisan); Mbay (Nilo-Saharan); Oceanic;
Enga, Ku Waru (Papuan); Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara, Ngan'gityemerri
(Australian). The contributors discuss data relevant to many fields of
linguistic inquiry, including patterns of lexicalization (e.g.,
simplex or complex verb forms), morphology (e.g., state vs. action
formations), grammaticalization (e.g., extension to locational
predicates, aspect markers, auxiliaries, copulas, classifiers), and
figurative extension. A final chapter reports on an experimental
methodology designed to establish the relevant cognitive parameters
underlying speakers' judgements on the polysemy of English
stand. Taken together, the chapters provide a wealth of
cross-linguistic data on posture verbs.
Table of Contents
Preface vii
1. A cross-linguistic overview of the posture verbs "sit", "stand",
and "lie"
John Newman 1
2. Semantics and combinatorics of "sit", "stand", and "lie" in Lao
Nick J. Enfield 25
3. Action and state interpretations of "sit" in Japanese and English
John Newman and Toshiko Yamaguchi 43
4. Posture and existence predicates in Dene Suline (Chipewyan):
Lexical and semantic density as a function of the "stand"/"sit/"lie"
continuum
Sally Rice 61
5. Posture verbs in two Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal
Michael Noonan and Karen Grunow-Harsta 79
6. The semantic network of Dutch posture verbs
Maarten Lemmens 103
7. The syntax and semantics of posture forms in Trumai
Raquel Guirardello-Damian 141
8. Men stand, women sit: On the grammaticalization of posture verbs in
Papuan languages, its bodily basis and cultural correlates
Alan L. Rumsey 179
9. Posture, location, existence, and states of being in two Central
Australian languages
Cliff Goddard and Jean Harkins 213
10. Sit right down the back: Serialized posture verbs in
Ngan'gityemerri and other Northern Australian languages
Nicholas Reid 239
11. Posture verbs in Oceanic
Frank Lichtenberk 269
12. The grammatical evolution of posture verbs in Kxoe
Christa Kilian-Hatz 315
13. Posture verbs in Mbay
John M. Keegan 333
14. The posture verbs in Korean: Basic and extended uses
Jae Jung Song 359
15. Embodied standing and the psychological semantics of stand
Raymond W. Gibbs Jr. 387
Index 401
Lingfield(s): Linguistic Theories
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